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Reference: Candlestick (2)
Smith
Candlestick,
in
is merely a lamp-stand, made in various forms, to hold up the simple Oriental hand-lamps.
Candlestick,
in
is merely a lamp-stand, made in various forms, to hold up the simple Oriental hand-lamps.
Neither does a person light an [olive oil] lamp and place it under a bushel-sized container, but on a stand where it can illuminate everything in the house.
Then He said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel-sized container, or under the bed, instead of on its stand?